Trukgirl's 7ft 125g Reef

[trukgirl]

So... here is my 7 ft long 125g. It has a custom stand made by my hubby, and he is going to re-do the hood and make it a lot nicer like the one he made for our predator tank. Had a 65g set up since early 2010, and in Oct we bought this tank used off craigslist, which included another 128 lbs of rock, some sand, the Coral Beauty and Naso Tang. All the other rock (80+ lbs) extra sand, and other livestock came from the 65g, and there are a few fish we have bought since this one has been set up.

There is a 30g sump, 13g 'fuge in the middle. Inside the stand there is also a Coralife 220 skimmer, Hydor Theo 300w heater, another 20 lbs of LR, 800 gph return pump, Two Little Fishies phosban reactor, 15w clip light for macro algae. Everything is hard plumbed. The RO filter happens to be in the room directly behind the wall of the tank, so we have a small hole drilled into the wall with a pump and water hose that runs from the 10g top-off tank to the sump. (there is a Koralia Nano 240 and a 50w heater in the top-off) It is connected to a Christmas lights remote-control, since I like to control the water instead of relying on an auto top-off. Its actually really handy and works well!!

In/on the display tank, there are 2 Koralia Evolution 750s, a Koralia 6, the overflow box, and 2 36" 4 bulb T5 units. One is Coralife the other is AquaticLife. (I prefer the AquaticLife but they were bought at different times.) Bulb combos I am running in each one are 2 daylights, 1 blue actinic, 1 purple.

The livestock that currently reside in the tank are:
Naso, Sailfin, and Hippo Tangs, 2 Ocellaris Clowns, Longnose Hawkfish, Yellow Watchman Goby, Lawnmower Blenny, Coral Beauty, Fiji Blue Damsel, 2 B/G Chromis, and the newest fish (just bought this weekend!) Melanarus Wrasse. I am planning on adding a Lemonpeel Pygmy Angel (since my dear Rusty passed!) and possibly a Mandarin.

Inverts: Rose Bubble Tip Anemone, Squamosa Clam, green Brittle Star, Emerald Crab, lots of Hermits & Mexican Turbo Snails.

Corals: Kenya Tree, Cabbage Leather, Green/brown Palys, green/brown Frogspawn, GSPs, bright pink & blue/purple Mushrooms. (gotta start adding to the collection with all this rock!!)

Newest videos taken this evening!! All my videos are in HD!
FTS
[video=youtube_share;o1F7tZl4W3U]http://youtu.be/o1F7tZl4W3U[/video]

Rt side
[video=youtube_share;M_DJgBs8Km0]http://youtu.be/M_DJgBs8Km0[/video]

L side
[video=youtube_share;2EIkj7Z_33Q]http://youtu.be/2EIkj7Z_33Q[/video]

 

[revhtree Verified Admin]

Looks very nice!!! Thanks for sharing and keep us updated!

 

[trukgirl]

Thanks Revhtree!!

Here's some equipment pics:
Inside L door (the skimmer is mounted externally and BARELY fits) The wires are a mess LOL but everything is on a surge protector at least. You can also see the top-off hose coming through the wall.

Inside Rt door (there is a piece of acrylic under the light). We set up this sump ourselves with acrylic dividers.

part of the RO (25gpd Coralife) & 10g top-off tank

Pump that pumps top off to the tank through the wall

 

[trukgirl]

I forgot to add their food details:
In the morning, they get New Life Spectrum pellets, a mixture of the 1mm and 3mm sizes.
Afternoon/evening they get a portion of a sheet of Nori.
Nighttime they get PE Mysis.

 

[fab1971]

Nice, I wish I could get a tank that size. unfortunately I'm renting the upstairs of a house and I'm limited in space. Great looking tank and thanks for sharing.

 

[trukgirl]

Thanks!!!
When we used to rent a duplex, we had a 10g freshwater and ferrets. (that was about 6 yrs ago we bought our house though) The benefits to buying are nice, but we have to fix everything that breaks ourselves, LOL.

 

[trukgirl]

Tonight at feeding time.... (sorry I forgot to clean the glass LOL)

[video=youtube_share;mSVrxEsFnAs]http://youtu.be/mSVrxEsFnAs[/video]

 

[reefcouple]

Great Looking tank love the videos.

 

[trukgirl]

Thanks but this tank is now freshwater holding huge silver dollars at our friend's house. Everything's transferred into the new tank except the Naso (passed away ) and the Coral Beauty (moved to eel tank for nipping coral)

I guess I should start a thread for my 220!

Eta: Sailfin & Dory are a lot bigger, the Melanarus wrasse and long nose hawk are passed too (they were both old) replaced with a little Sixline and a Japanese Golden Hawk.

 

[Jimbo662]

I was going to say those are some happy fish with all that room to swim...now you have our interest peaked with the mention of that 220!

 

[trukgirl]

FINALLY got a thread going for my 220!!

https://www.reef2reef.com/forums/large-aquariums-180g/155664-trukgirls-220g.html